Queens Foster Care Agencies

Coalition for Hispanic Family Services

Services Provided: Offers bilingual (English/Spanish) services in community based foster care, adoption, home finding, independent living for teens, and such ancillary services as housing advocacy, education and training for youth, birth parents, and resource parents. Also has Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home (TFBH) Program for seriously emotionally disturbed children who have also been abused and neglected and are known to the child welfare system.

Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families

Services Provided: We are always looking for loving, stable homes in all boroughs for the children placed in care with us. We are currently actively recruiting for homes in the South Bronx. Foster parents receive orientation and initial training prior to a child being placed in their home. They are then offered training throughout the year on many topics related to the care of children and teens in foster care. Foster parents can also expect the support of the caseworker assigned to the children in their care as well as the support of their fellow foster parents and an active foster parent association. We are all deeply invested in your success as foster parents and ensuring that our foster parents receive full support and training is paramount to our own success and critical to ensure that the children placed with us thrive.

HeartShare St Vincent’s Services (HSVS)

Services Provided: HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services’ (HSVS) Foster Care and Adoption Services ensures that children in foster care experience a seamless transition to a safe, stable and loving home, whether that means their reunification with biological parents or an adoption. Thanks to donor support, we are able to offer extensive adoption and post-adoption services to the families and communities we serve. We also provide intensive case management for our older adolescents and their foster and natural families to prepare them for aging out of care and coping with the dynamics of the transition to adulthood. For more information on Foster Care and Adoption Services, call (718) 422-2292 for the Brooklyn office and (718) 739-5000 for the Queens office.

Inwood House Mother/Child Program

Services Provided: Inwood House created New York City’s first Mother and Child foster care program in 1968. Inwood House is committed to providing specialized training and comprehensive services to prospective resource parents. To learn more about becoming a resource parent to a teenage mother and her child, please contact our agency at 212-861-4400 or 718-291-6707.

Leake and Watts Services, Inc

Services Provided: Family Foster Care programs provide safe and nurturing homes to over 400 vulnerable children and teens in the Bronx as well as in other New York City boroughs, Westchester County and upstate New York. Our services are dedicated to the growing and changing needs of the children in our care as well as those who support them and include Family Foster Care, Specialized Medical Family Foster Care, Whenever possible, children are placed with relatives or close family connections such as godparents (Kinship Foster Care) to keep children connected to their families and reduce the trauma of sudden placement away from birth parents. Therapeutic Family Foster Care is a family-focused, community-based alternative to residential and institutional care for children who have serious emotional and/or behavioral conditions. Foster parents are given comprehensive training on behavior modification techniques as well as access to a 24-hour support team that assists with crisis intervention.

MercyFirst

Services Provided: MercyFirst offers community based foster care services in Brooklyn and Queens to over 600 children in foster homes that it recruits, trains, licenses and monitors. In addition, MercyFirst provides adoption, home finding, independent living for teens, and ancillary services as housing advocacy, education and training for youth and birth parents. MercyFirst also offers a Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home (TFBH) Program for seriously emotionally disturbed children in foster care. Prospective foster parents are required to take expanded MAPP training as part of the process of becoming certified foster parents. This process also includes the agency completing a Home Study. The agency supports an active Foster Parent Association that provides peer support as well as a Foster parent Advocate on staff to assist with issues that arise.

New Alternatives for Children, Inc

Services Provided: NAC is in need of mature, committed adults residing in NYC, Long Island and Weschester to become foster parents for children with medical needs. Weekly daytime and evening Foster Parent orientations available. NAC has consistently been rated as one of the best foster care agencies in the state and is the only agency in NYS that exclusively serves children with medical needs. Services include 24 hour access to staff, on-site medical, mental health, & transportation services; and one-on-one training with medical staff.

SCO Family of Services

Services Provided: Foster and Adoption services for NYC and Long Island families and children. Foster family homes in Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island both for traditional foster care and Therapuetic foster care. Interested families are welcome to contact the agency 24/7 at the number above, 516-676-5332 or complete the website inquiry form.

Sheltering Arms NY

Services Provided: (Formerly Episcopal Social Services) To become a Sheltering Arms foster parent or to adopt a child, please contact our home-finding staff at the number below and/or complete our online parent interest form. There is an urgent need for foster homes that can accommodate sibling groups of three or more, homes for teenage mothers with their own infants, and homes for children with emotional and physical needs that require special care. These children need warm, accepting, and patient parents. To truly change the life of a child in crisis, please contact our home-finding staff or complete our online form.

The LGBT Community Center Foster Care Project

Services Provided: The LGBT Foster Care Project is a collaborative project between The Center and the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to increase the number of homes for all youth, with a special emphasis on LGBTQ youth. Provides support and networking opportunities at The Center, and hosts weekly trainings for current and prospective foster and adoptive parents in collaboration with You Gotta Believe! (YGB). The project also provides training for ACS provider agency staff and support and advocacy opportunities for LGBT youth with foster care experience.

The New York Foundling

Services Provided: The New York Foundling conducts orientations for families who want to learn more about becoming foster parents. We hold orientations in all five boroughs; see website calendar for upcoming sessions. Orientations are approximately 2 hours in length; light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP for the orientation you wish to attend. If you will be bringing a friend or family member, please let us know. The more, the merrier!

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Beginning in April 2019, the Coalition’s Adoptive and Guardianship Assistance Program for Everyone (AGAPE) will grow to serve four more counties – Madison, Cortland, Cayuga and Chenango. In total, we will provide post adoption services through OCFS’s Regional Permanency Resource Centers.

As the month progresses and we all have the opportunity to engage others in conversations about adoption, foster and kinship care, let’s make the effort to really listen to and elevate the voices of those most affected. We need to look to the input of adult adoptees; to recognize their journey, celebrate their experiences, and value their voice.

We’ll be coming to the Ithaca area soon and are looking to continue doing short interviews with foster parents interested in speaking about their experiences. If you are interested in participating, please fill out the form.

The “Aderholt Amendment” would allow foster care and adoption service providers across the country to discriminate against both children and potential parents based on sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, and marital status.

FREE workshop series for adoptive and guardianship parents raising children with adverse childhood experiences or difficult past histories.

FREE workshop series for adoptive and guardianship parents raising children with adverse childhood experiences or difficult past histories.

DURING THIS SIX WEEK SERIES WE WILL EXPLORE:

Building connections with your child before correcting their misbehaviors by using an attitude of play, acceptance, curiosity, and empathy.

Supporting your child through their sometimes difficult behavior to get them back on track to more socially acceptable behavior.

Concepts of self-care, figure out where your relationship with your child is blocked and how to deepen connections with them.

Refreshments and childcare provided.

Open to all adoptive parents and relative caregivers who have guardianship of the child in their care. Foster parents and relatives with custody also welcome depending on space.

Register Now!

Mondays from 5:30 to 8:30 PM on 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/19, and 11/26 at Dutchess County Community College on South 31 Marshall Road, Wappingers Falls, NY

Name*

FirstLast

Address*

Street AddressAddress Line 2CityStateZIP Code

Please confirm the county you live in:*

Email*

Phone*

I am a:*

Kinship Care Giver

Foster Parent

Adoptive Parent

Adoptee

Foster Care Alumni

Kinship Care Alumni

Birth Parent

Child Welfare Professional

other

Check all that apply.

Do you need childcare?*

yes

no

maybe

Please tell us about the children that will be attending with you.

Please provide the name and age of each child below:*

Please tell us about any special medical needs, developmental or behavior needs for any of the children.*

Do/does the child/ren have any allergies or special dietary needs that we should know about?*

Attestation for AGAPE Services

I attest that my family was formed by adoption or guardianship via a court order. I understand that the services provided by AGAPE are for adoptive and guardianship families. By indicating here, I understand that I may be asked by AFFCNY to provide proof of adoption or guardianship and certify that I will provide this documentation upon request.

A Free Workshop for Adoptive and Guardianship Parents raising children with adverse childhood experiences or difficult past histories.

A Free Workshop for Adoptive and Guardianship Parents raising children with adverse childhood experiences or difficult past histories.

DURING THIS SIX WEEK SERIES WE WILL EXPLORE:

Building connections with your child before correcting their misbehaviors by using an attitude of play, acceptance, curiosity, and empathy.

Supporting your child through their sometimes difficult behavior to get them back on track to more socially acceptable behavior.

Concepts of self-care, figure out where your relationship with your child is blocked and how to deepen connections with them.

Open to all adoptive parents and relative caregivers who have guardianship of the child in their care.

Refreshments and childcare provided.

Register Now!

Tuesdays from 5:30 to 8:30 PM on 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 and 11/27 at the First Baptist Church of Whitney Point at 2938 US Hwy 11, Whitney Point, NY

Name*

FirstLast

Address*

Street AddressAddress Line 2CityStateZIP Code

Please confirm the county you live in:*

Email*

Phone*

I am a:*

Kinship Care Giver

Foster Parent

Adoptive Parent

Adoptee

Foster Care Alumni

Kinship Care Alumni

Birth Parent

Child Welfare Professional

other

Check all that apply.

Do you need childcare?*

yes

no

maybe

Please tell us about the children that will be attending with you.

Please provide the name and age of each child below:*

Please tell us about any special medical needs, developmental or behavior needs for any of the children.*

Do/does the child/ren have any allergies or special dietary needs that we should know about?*

Attestation for AGAPE Services

I attest that my family was formed by adoption or guardianship via a court order. I understand that the services provided by AGAPE are for adoptive and guardianship families. By indicating here, I understand that I may be asked by AFFCNY to provide proof of adoption or guardianship and certify that I will provide this documentation upon request.

Families are complicated. Families formed through adoption or guardianship can become a complex waltz for all of the those involved.

This presentation will discuss ways that adoptive and guardianship parents can promote safe relationships for their children with members of their children’s first families.

RSVP Now!

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 from 6 to 8 PM at the Starr Library located at 68 West Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572

Name*

FirstLast

Address*

Street AddressAddress Line 2CityStateZIP Code

Please confirm the county you live in:*

Email*

Phone*

I am a:*

Kinship Care Giver

Foster Parent

Adoptive Parent

Adoptee

Foster Care Alumni

Kinship Care Alumni

Birth Parent

Child Welfare Professional

other

Check all that apply.

Do you need childcare?*

yes

no

maybe

Please tell us about the children that will be attending with you.

Please provide the name and age of each child below:*

Please tell us about any special medical needs, developmental or behavior needs for any of the children.*

Do/does the child/ren have any allergies or special dietary needs that we should know about?*

Attestation for AGAPE Services

I attest that my family was formed by adoption or guardianship via a court order. I understand that the services provided by AGAPE are for adoptive and guardianship families. By indicating here, I understand that I may be asked by AFFCNY to provide proof of adoption or guardianship and certify that I will provide this documentation upon request.

ABOUT THE COALITION

The Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York was founded in 1975
as the New York State Citizens Coalition. The Coalition provides support,
information and advocacy for foster, kinship and adoptive families in
the Empire State and the professionals who serve them.